Openbook: When 'Please Rob Me' Does Not Cause You Enough Personal Damage

Now that your geo-location tweets on Foursquare ("I'm not home! I'm the new Mayor of the Bora Bora Starbucks, enjoying my $1 'Mayor's discount'") have led to the robbery of your home thanks to the helpful folks at "Please Rob Me," what's next? Thanks to Openbook, the "Please Rob Me" of Facebook, the possibilities are now endless.

In short, Openbook uses Facebook's search API to collect and make searchable -- outside of Facebook -- all of the "status updates" that Facebook users make.

“This is a simple example of just how
open Facebook has made your information," the creators of the site told TechCrunch. "This data is wide open, and
this is one of the least scary uses that anyone will make. If nothing
changes, it’s only to get worse.”

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Openbook: When 'Please Rob Me' Does Not Cause You Enough Personal Damage

Now that your geo-location tweets on Foursquare ("I'm not home! I'm the new Mayor of the Bora Bora Starbucks, enjoying my $1 'Mayor's discount'") have led to the robbery of your home thanks to the helpful folks at "Please Rob Me," what's next? Thanks to Openbook, the "Please Rob Me" of Facebook, the possibilities are now endless.

In short, Openbook uses Facebook's search API to collect and make searchable -- outside of Facebook -- all of the "status updates" that Facebook users make.

“This is a simple example of just how
open Facebook has made your information," the creators of the site told TechCrunch. "This data is wide open, and
this is one of the least scary uses that anyone will make. If nothing
changes, it’s only to get worse.”